The Present and Future of Music Law

The Present and Future of Music Law
Author: Ann Harrison
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2021-07-29
Genre: Music
ISBN: 150136779X

The music business is a multifaceted, transnational industry that operates within complex and rapidly changing political, economic, cultural and technological contexts. The mode and manner of how music is created, obtained, consumed and exploited is evolving rapidly. It is based on relationships that can be both complimentary and at times confrontational, and around roles that interact, overlap and sometimes merge, reflecting the competing and coinciding interests of creative artists and music industry professionals. It falls to music law and legal practice to provide the underpinning framework to enable these complex relationships to flourish, to provide a means to resolve disputes, and to facilitate commerce in a challenging and dynamic business environment. The Present and Future of Music Law presents thirteen case studies written by experts in their fields, examining a range of key topics at the points where music law and the post-digital music industry intersect, offering a timely exploration of the current landscape and insights into the future shape of the interface between music business and music law.

Gender, Branding, and the Modern Music Industry

Gender, Branding, and the Modern Music Industry
Author: Kristin Lieb
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2018-01-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1351662848

Gender, Branding, and the Modern Music Industry combines interview data with music industry professionals with theoretical frameworks from sociology, mass communication, and marketing to explain and explore the gender differences female artists experience. This book provides a rare lens on the rigid packaging process that transforms female artists of various genres into female pop stars. Stars—and the industry power brokers who make their fortunes—have learned to prioritize sexual attractiveness over talent as they fight a crowded field for movie deals, magazine covers, and fashion lines, let alone record deals. This focus on the female pop star’s body as her core asset has resigned many women to being "short term brands," positioned to earn as much money as possible before burning out or aging ungracefully. This book, which includes interview data from music industry insiders, explores the sociological forces that drive women into these tired representations, and the ramifications for the greater social world.

Alan Bush, Modern Music, and the Cold War

Alan Bush, Modern Music, and the Cold War
Author: Joanna Bullivant
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2022-12-15
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1108210163

The first major study of Alan Bush, this book provides new perspectives on twentieth-century music and communism. British communist, composer of politicised works, and friend of Soviet musicians, Bush proved to be 'a lightning rod' in the national musical culture. His radical vision for British music prompted serious reflections on aesthetics and the rights of artists to private political opinions, as well as influencing the development of state-sponsored music making in East Germany. Rejecting previous characterisations of Bush as political and musical Other, Joanna Bullivant traces his aesthetic project from its origins in the 1920s to its collapse in the 1970s, incorporating discussion of modernism, political song, music theory, opera, and Bush's response to the Soviet music crisis of 1948. Drawing on a wealth of archival sources, including recently released documents from MI5, this book constructs new perspectives on the 'cultural Cold War' through the lens of the individual artist.

Future Days

Future Days
Author: David Stubbs
Publisher: Melville House
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2015
Genre: History
ISBN: 1612194745

"First published in Great Britain in 2014 by Faber and Faber Ltd"--Title page verso.

Music is the Weapon of the Future

Music is the Weapon of the Future
Author: Frank Tenaille
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2002
Genre: Musicians
ISBN: 1556524501

Tells the story of African popular music, or Afropop, and its relationship to Africa's social and political milieu over the past 50 years, by presenting in-depth portraits of thirty important African musicians.

From Madrigal to Modern Music

From Madrigal to Modern Music
Author: Douglas Moore
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1942
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780393002003

Examines five great periods -- the Renaissance, Baroque, Classic, Romantic, and Modern -- and discusses every important type of composition from each era.